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bob dole received into their hearts today. and found nothing. after the vote, john kerry said, it was one of the saddest days i've seen in almost 28 years in the senate. we know that when bob dole leaves us, which i hope doesn't happen for a very, very long time, those five men, if they're still with us, will rise on the they will know and we will know on the day when they could have honored bob dole. honored his vision as a legislator. honor his friendship and his personal kindnesses to him over many, many years. they failed bob dole. with one word, no. they failed their old friend. they dishonored themselves and they dishonored the united states senate. inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. take advantage of exceptional values on the audi a8 during the season of audi event. ♪ during the season of audi event. of washington about the future of
bob dole received into their hearts today. and found nothing. after the vote, john kerry said, it was one of the saddest days i've seen in almost 28 years in the senate. we know that when bob dole leaves us, which i hope doesn't happen for a very, very long time, those five men, if they're still with us, will rise on the they will know and we will know on the day when they could have honored bob dole. honored his vision as a legislator. honor his friendship and his personal kindnesses to him...
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bob dole received into their hearts today. and found nothing. after the vote, john kerry said, it was one of the saddest days i've seen in almost 28 years in the senate. we know that when bob dole leaves us, which i hope doesn't happen for a very, very long time, those five men, if they're still with us, will rise on the they will know and we will know on the day when they could have honored bob dole. honored his vision as a legislator. honor his friendship and his personal kindnesses to him over many, many years. they failed bob dole. with one word, no. they failed their old friend. they dishonored themselves and they dishonored the united states senate. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. [ male announcer ] how could a luminous protein in jellyfish, impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optic
bob dole received into their hearts today. and found nothing. after the vote, john kerry said, it was one of the saddest days i've seen in almost 28 years in the senate. we know that when bob dole leaves us, which i hope doesn't happen for a very, very long time, those five men, if they're still with us, will rise on the they will know and we will know on the day when they could have honored bob dole. honored his vision as a legislator. honor his friendship and his personal kindnesses to him...
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he wasn't willing to take on president reagan head on but in 1984 he actually called senator bob dole, quote, the tax collector for the welfare state. never mind that senator dole was doing president reagan's legislative bidding. he was condemned by then junior congressman gingrich just for considering tax increase. when bill clinton pushed for the tax increase that he got in 1993, newt gingrich said, quote, the tax increase will kill jobs. newt was opposed to all tax increases but he knew he couldn't simply say, i'm opposed to all tax increases. he had to come up with a reason. a reason that he could sell at least to other republicans. republicans who had voted for tax increases before. the tax increase will kill jobs. newt gingrich, who was not then the leader of the republicans in the house of representatives controlled every republican vote and every republican vote in the senate on bill clinton's deficit reduction bill. and because it cut spending but raised taxes, every republican in the house and the senate voted against it. they voted the way newt gingrich wanted them to vote.
he wasn't willing to take on president reagan head on but in 1984 he actually called senator bob dole, quote, the tax collector for the welfare state. never mind that senator dole was doing president reagan's legislative bidding. he was condemned by then junior congressman gingrich just for considering tax increase. when bill clinton pushed for the tax increase that he got in 1993, newt gingrich said, quote, the tax increase will kill jobs. newt was opposed to all tax increases but he knew he...
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bob dole said why don't we vote before the hearing started? >> the whole thing has his bros helping bros grossness to it. john kerry would be great and is a member of the same club. the other thing about the story that is jaw dropping is here is someone who has a record serving the government jun none of whic came to bear on the secretary of state. her record crafting africa policy for much of the krin ton years which was subject to critiq critique, none of it had anything to do with anything except the base scalp. and she was attacked for what she said on a tv talkshow by people all of whom have lied on talkshows at certain points. saying your entire career comes down to his one exchange on television. and an attack by the guy who does nothing else but go on sunday talkshows. i guess he is an expert of how you do it right. she was not in super advisory capacity over. she was giving the talking points like john mccain does when he goes on sunday talkshows. it was so small but this is why people hate washington. >> here is what we don't know. i
bob dole said why don't we vote before the hearing started? >> the whole thing has his bros helping bros grossness to it. john kerry would be great and is a member of the same club. the other thing about the story that is jaw dropping is here is someone who has a record serving the government jun none of whic came to bear on the secretary of state. her record crafting africa policy for much of the krin ton years which was subject to critiq critique, none of it had anything to do with...
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i don't think he even has a chance of being as prominent as bob dole was after he lost in 1986. he had given up his senate seat so had no more jobs in republican politics but he he had a substantial republican career behind him which a lot of people remembered. >> yeah. i mean, the problem for mitt romney now is the party is moving beyond him very quickly. it's only been about four weeks and his ideas are not being discussed in washington. there's not much of any reference to him. the republican leaders who are young and up and coming are talking about how to rebrand and rebuild the party and some people close to mitt romney said he doesn't really have much of an interest of being involved in that kind of conversation. >> philip ruker and jonathan capehart, thank you for joining me tonight. >> thanks. >>> coming up, in the rewrite, mike huckabee, herman cain are upset at bob costas who said what had to be said during his football coverage last night. humans -- sometimes life trips us up. and sometimes, we trip ourselves up, but that's okay. at liberty mutual insurance we can "un
i don't think he even has a chance of being as prominent as bob dole was after he lost in 1986. he had given up his senate seat so had no more jobs in republican politics but he he had a substantial republican career behind him which a lot of people remembered. >> yeah. i mean, the problem for mitt romney now is the party is moving beyond him very quickly. it's only been about four weeks and his ideas are not being discussed in washington. there's not much of any reference to him. the...
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the argument goes like, this bob dole wrapped things up fairly early. at a time when he didn't have great candidate skills and ended up going to the general election frame before he was ready. the argue goes it is better for romney, while he is developing his candidate skills to do it against republican primary opponents rather than obama. i don't know if i buy the theory but it is an interesting one. >> i remember when bob dole wrapped that up and i sensed quickly, almost an immediate buyers remorse in the republican party. i did feel that if romney came out of new hampshire for example looking like oh, he's got this locked. he killed them in iowa. he ran away. they got 70% of the vote in new hampshire and here he goes. i felt like republicans would wake up two days later and be sick about it. if romney had wrapped this up too soon. >> well, that gets back to what mark was talking about earlier. what kind of leverage rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul have. the flip side is it will be their responsibility and it will be mitt romney's biggest dip
the argument goes like, this bob dole wrapped things up fairly early. at a time when he didn't have great candidate skills and ended up going to the general election frame before he was ready. the argue goes it is better for romney, while he is developing his candidate skills to do it against republican primary opponents rather than obama. i don't know if i buy the theory but it is an interesting one. >> i remember when bob dole wrapped that up and i sensed quickly, almost an immediate...
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and president clinton gave the defeated bob dole a presidential medal of freedom just days before the second clinton inauguration. other rivals weren't as conciliatory. herbert hoover and franklin d. roosevelt reportedly sat in silence to the inauguration. walter mondale told politico he and ronald reagan never sat down for this kind of conversation. and is a former aide to john kerry told politico that kerry and george w. bush never spoke to one another after john kerry conceded the election. joining me now, pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" and msnbc analyst eugene erickson. and we have all -- i won't speak for you. i have -- i have more than once, i think, said we will keep in touch, let's keep in touch, to someone i did not then keep in touch with. i don't think i've ever been as phony about it, though, as these two guys today promising to stay in touch with each other after lunch. >> yeah. it was probably -- i've heard some people say the most awkward conversation mitt romney has had since his last conversation. you know, for what it's worth, like, i don'
and president clinton gave the defeated bob dole a presidential medal of freedom just days before the second clinton inauguration. other rivals weren't as conciliatory. herbert hoover and franklin d. roosevelt reportedly sat in silence to the inauguration. walter mondale told politico he and ronald reagan never sat down for this kind of conversation. and is a former aide to john kerry told politico that kerry and george w. bush never spoke to one another after john kerry conceded the election....
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i think bob dole -- >> i'm auditioning as romney's running mate here. >> i think bob dole and walter mondale are the only ones who were losing vice presidential nominees, who had that position, and then managed to get the presidential nomination, but then of course they lost the general. e.j. dionne of "the washington post" and adam smith of the tampa bay times, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> good to be with you. >> thanks. >>> coming up, hugh hefner says the republicans are waging a war against sex and he rhymes america how hard it was to win sexual freedom in this country. and in the rewrite, a former republican presidential candidate compared the republican party to china, the chinese communist party, and then he tried to deny that he did that, but it's on videotape, and we have the videotape. >>> and the latest developments in the case of florida versus zimmerman. george zimmerman is now out of jail and the sanford police chief actually tried to resign today, but the city commission will not let him resign. charles m. blow and the city manager of sanford will
i think bob dole -- >> i'm auditioning as romney's running mate here. >> i think bob dole and walter mondale are the only ones who were losing vice presidential nominees, who had that position, and then managed to get the presidential nomination, but then of course they lost the general. e.j. dionne of "the washington post" and adam smith of the tampa bay times, thank you both very much for joining me tonight. >> good to be with you. >> thanks. >>>...
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dole that would never have done. they would have thought, that's wild right wing stuff. what would be the democrat compromise position would be considered wild right wing stuff a short time ago. >> oh, absolutely. you look at bill clinton and here was a guy who actually worked with newt gingrich to get the welfare reform act moved forward and now you have 15 tea party members who refuse to vote to lift the debt ceiling and voters, i'm not sure they really understood that it was the republicans that were going to stop their checks and their benefits. they thought, well, they are standing firm but they weren't quite understanding what was happening. >> charles, for example, at least both sides were using the same rhetoric. clinton ran for president saying i'm going to run for welfare and republicans said, okay, let's do that. and then from a shared rhetoric they found an actual proposal to end up on, which is highly controversial in which clinton was opposed to several versions and eventually democrats stood up for tha
dole that would never have done. they would have thought, that's wild right wing stuff. what would be the democrat compromise position would be considered wild right wing stuff a short time ago. >> oh, absolutely. you look at bill clinton and here was a guy who actually worked with newt gingrich to get the welfare reform act moved forward and now you have 15 tea party members who refuse to vote to lift the debt ceiling and voters, i'm not sure they really understood that it was the...
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that means bob dole's rating was better than this, john mccain's rating was better than this. here's mitt romney with a rating that we've literally -- we've never seen this in our politics before. >> lawrence, and i would also add, it's not new. romney, since becoming the nominee, even before becoming the nominee, has struggled with the fact that his unfavorable ratings were higher than his favorable ratings. i would point at that poll, though, both of them with unfavorable ratings in the 40s. look, people always say, this campaign, these negative ads, they don't work. they do, in fact work. you can see it by those numbers. 43% of the public views the president of the united states unfavorably. 40% views mitt romney unfavorably. negative ads do work. what we have seen over the last 2 1/2 months is basically a political slap fight, for lack of a better word. i would like to think that after aurora, colorado, we might see something different, but i don't want to sound the cynical note, but we will not. this will be business as usual, again. i will sound cynical. >> pause it work
that means bob dole's rating was better than this, john mccain's rating was better than this. here's mitt romney with a rating that we've literally -- we've never seen this in our politics before. >> lawrence, and i would also add, it's not new. romney, since becoming the nominee, even before becoming the nominee, has struggled with the fact that his unfavorable ratings were higher than his favorable ratings. i would point at that poll, though, both of them with unfavorable ratings in the...
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dole did it, followed by john mccain, and john kerry. now, i, for one, could vote for someone who -- for president who had three wives at the same time or a new husband every year, if i agree with that candidate on policy. but at the beginning of this presidential campaign, i wrongly adjudged the conservative christian republican primary voter to be so intolerant of newt's marital resume that his campaign for president was laughable. i cannot believe that i overlooked the all-important christian doctrine of forgiveness, forgiveness of sins, and how that would actually play to newt's advantage, which we have all knew seen. >> she says you asked her, sir, to enter into an open marriage. would you like to take some time to respond to that? >> no, but i will. [ cheers and applause ] i think -- i think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office, and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like t
dole did it, followed by john mccain, and john kerry. now, i, for one, could vote for someone who -- for president who had three wives at the same time or a new husband every year, if i agree with that candidate on policy. but at the beginning of this presidential campaign, i wrongly adjudged the conservative christian republican primary voter to be so intolerant of newt's marital resume that his campaign for president was laughable. i cannot believe that i overlooked the all-important...
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bob dole's losing presidential campaign in 1996. >> i will vow to end welfare as we know it. i will insist on a swift passage and i will sign it. >> newt gingrich's losing presidential primary campaign this year. >> obama is the best food stamp president in american history. more people are on food stamps today because of obama's policies than ever in history. if the naacp invites me, i'll go to their convention and talk about why the african-american community should demand paychecks and not be satisfied with food stamps. >> and now, mitt romney. >> in 1996, president clinton and a bipartisan congress helped end welfare as we know it, by requiring work for welfare. but on july 12th, president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. they just send you your welfare check, and welfare to work goes back to being plain old welfare. mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> that's th
bob dole's losing presidential campaign in 1996. >> i will vow to end welfare as we know it. i will insist on a swift passage and i will sign it. >> newt gingrich's losing presidential primary campaign this year. >> obama is the best food stamp president in american history. more people are on food stamps today because of obama's policies than ever in history. if the naacp invites me, i'll go to their convention and talk about why the african-american community should demand...
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dole get the nomination. is that going to work this time? >> clearly not. i actually think that the '96 -- bill daley's experience is not primarily in 1996. it was in 2000 when he was al gore's campaign chairman. so he was in congress in 1986 and had a direct role in running a campaign in 2000. steve is right about the politics that the white house thought it was going to practice going forward. i do think that what this signals is that there is a lot of this enchampment. it didn't work from the beginning of the time that he came in until now. he never established i think a close relationship with the president. i think there was tension between the people on the president's re-election campaign. not that bill daley didn't get along well with david axelrod, but i think they had different ideas about how the politics should proceed. i think that it was an ill -- a star-crossed relationship from day one. i think what jack lu looks like is to go back to 186 again and bill clinton bringing lee on panetta. someone
dole get the nomination. is that going to work this time? >> clearly not. i actually think that the '96 -- bill daley's experience is not primarily in 1996. it was in 2000 when he was al gore's campaign chairman. so he was in congress in 1986 and had a direct role in running a campaign in 2000. steve is right about the politics that the white house thought it was going to practice going forward. i do think that what this signals is that there is a lot of this enchampment. it didn't work...
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bob dole was a supporter of john chafee's individual mandate in 1993 and an opponent of it months later in 1994. no republican, not even john chafee, ever voted for the individual mandate, because the republicans never even attempted to bring it to a vote. very few republicans had a very brief crush on the individual mandate and that was the end of that, back in the spring of 1994. after condemning it as evil, an idea -- just as evil an idea as anyone could imagine in health care reform in 1993 and 1994, hillary clinton then embraced it for some reason in 2007 as a presidential candidate. her health care reform ideas as a candidate were actually written by someone who had worked for republican senator chafee back when hillary clinton was opposed to his ideas. and candidate obama held to the democratic party position on the individual mandate, the liberal position on the individual mandate. >> in some cases, there are people who are paying fines and still can't afford it, so now they're worse off than they were. they don't have health insurance and they're paying a fine. and in order for
bob dole was a supporter of john chafee's individual mandate in 1993 and an opponent of it months later in 1994. no republican, not even john chafee, ever voted for the individual mandate, because the republicans never even attempted to bring it to a vote. very few republicans had a very brief crush on the individual mandate and that was the end of that, back in the spring of 1994. after condemning it as evil, an idea -- just as evil an idea as anyone could imagine in health care reform in 1993...
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john mccain, bob dole, re-election of george h. w. bush. jerry ford. all of those folks have done great in the general election. wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. thank you both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusative and attacking of president obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try to get support. >> melissa, he's burned all of his pair off trying to get support. there's not a hair left on his head. >> he sets out on fire, he puts it out. he sets it on fire. he puts it out. >> and he's pretending he hasn't been accusative of the president on anything. this is crazy. >> he hasn't called him a secret muslim. >> that's right. or a non citizen. that now counts as moderation. >> the greatest
john mccain, bob dole, re-election of george h. w. bush. jerry ford. all of those folks have done great in the general election. wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. thank you both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're...